SEC. 249.59. CALLE 24 SPECIAL USE DISTRICT.

(a) General. A Special Use District entitled the Calle 24 Special Use District, the boundaries of which are shown on Sectional Maps SU07 and SU08 of the Zoning Map, is hereby established for the purposes set forth below.

(b) Purpose. The Calle 24 Special Use District is intended to preserve the prevailing neighborhood character of the Calle 24 Latino Cultural District while accommodating new uses and recognizing the contributions of the Latino community to the neighborhood and San Francisco. Realizing the purpose of the Calle 24 Special Use District will require the participation and coordination of residents, businesses, public agencies, and other community stakeholders. City agencies, including the Office of Economic and Workforce Development, will actively engage with new commercial uses to help achieve the purposes of the Calle 24 Special Use District. Such City agencies may act as resource for residents, businesses, and other community stakeholders when realizing and promoting the purposes of the Calle 24 Special Use District, including coordinating business partnerships, product offerings, and employment commitments.

Specifically, the Calle 24 Special Use District is established to:

(1) Preserve and enhance the unique character of the Calle 24 Special Use District and recognize Latino cultural heritage through contextual architectural design, storefront size, signage, streetscape enhancements, artwork, and other elements of the built environment;

(2) Support the production or offerings of local or Latino artwork, arts activities, and crafts by retaining, developing, promoting, or offering these within the Calle 24 Special Use District;

(3) Preserve the contributions of Legacy Businesses to the history and identity of the Special Use District and the Calle 24 Latino Cultural District by preserving a Legacy Business;

(4) Retain, enhance and promote neighborhood serving businesses and institutions that serve a variety of households by making services and products available and accessible to residents, including immigrant and low-income and moderate-income households;

(5) Retain, enhance, and promote neighborhood-serving businesses and institutions that strengthen economic opportunities for local residents by developing partnerships amongst existing and new local businesses, institutions, vendors, and micro entrepreneurs; and

(6) Retain, enhance and promote neighborhood-serving businesses and institutions that enhance economic and workforce opportunities for local residents by coordinating with the Office of Economic and Workforce Development to engage with the City’s workforce system to provide employment opportunities, career trainings, and formal partnerships to identify and address both business and community workforce needs.

(c) Definitions. Whenever used in this Section 249.59, the following words and phrases shall have the definitions provided here:

“Calle 24 Latino Cultural District” shall refer to that area as established by Board of Supervisors Resolution No. 201-14;

“Cultural Heritage” shall refer to those elements, both tangible and intangible, that help define the beliefs, customs and practices of a particular community. Tangible elements may include land, buildings, public spaces, or artwork. Intangible elements may include organizations and institutions, businesses, and cultural activities and events. These elements are rooted in the community’s history and are important in maintaining its identity.

“Legacy Business” shall refer to a business as defined under the Administrative Code Section 2A.242 and included in the Legacy Business Registry.

(d) Controls. The following provisions, in addition to all other applicable provisions of the Planning Code, shall apply within the Calle 24 Special Use District:

(1) Eating and Drinking Establishments. In addition to other prohibitions on such uses found within this Code, a new Restaurant use, new Limited-Restaurant use, new Bar use, or the physical expansion of any such existing use shall be prohibited where the concentration of those uses exceeds, or would exceed with the proposed use or physical expansion of an existing use, 35% of the total commercial frontage as measured in linear feet within the immediate area of the subject site. For the purpose of calculating the concentration of commercial frontage, the “immediate area” shall mean all properties located within 300 feet of the subject property within the Calle 24 Special Use District and in a zoning district that is not Residential or Public Use. Any project for which a development application, as defined in Section 401, was submitted by March 31, 2017 and any change in use from an existing LimitedRestaurant use to a Restaurant use shall be exempt from the requirements of this Section 249.59(d)(1).

(2) Conditional Use Authorization. The following, if not otherwise prohibited, shall require Conditional Use authorization from the Planning Commission pursuant to Section 303:

(A) First Story Commercial Use Space Mergers. Any merger of first story commercial use space where the merger would result in first story commercial use space greater than 799 gross square feet.

(B) Legacy Business. Any new non-residential use where the immediately prior use was a Legacy Business. This requirement shall not apply:

(i) where the subject non-residential space has had no occupant and has not been open to the public for three or more years from the date the application for the new use is filed; or

(ii) where the Legacy Business has removed itself or otherwise been removed from the Legacy Business Registry.

(3) Compatibility of Uses. For any commercial use that is subject to Conditional Use authorization under this Section 249.59 or any other section of the Planning Code, the Planning Commission shall make the following additional findings:

(A) Any physical improvements associated with the proposed use are, on balance, in conformity with any Calle 24 Design Guidelines adopted by the Planning Commission; and

(B) The use supports at least four of the purposes for establishing the Calle 24 Special District set forth in Section 249.59(b) above.

(Added by Ord. 85-17, File No. 170028, App. 3/31/2017, Eff. 4/30/2017; amended by Ord. 202-18, File No. 180557, App. 8/10/2018, Eff. 9/10/2018; Ord. 63-20, File No. 200077, App. 4/24/2020, Eff. 5/25/2020)

AMENDMENT HISTORY

Division (d)(2)(C) amended; Ord. 202-18, Eff. 9/10/2018. Division (d)(1) amended; Ord. 63-20, Eff. 5/25/2020.